Chapter 66: The Challenge

After the meal, I naturally left.

Seeing me leave, Su Xueya couldn't help but speak to her mother: "Mom, what are you doing? This matter clearly isn't Yang Yun's fault. Aren't you just putting pressure on him by acting like this?"

"Xueya, you lost your virginity. What's wrong with putting pressure on him? This is something he should be doing. Mom is doing this for your sake. Mom can see that you like him. If I don't get a commitment from him now, it'll be too late later!"

"But you didn't have to be like that, did you? And that stuff about an engagement—you were really making that up!"

"You don't understand. In any case, Mom is doing this for your own good. There are some things you don't know; this guy Yang Yun's background isn't simple!"

Su Xueya didn't say anything more after hearing Zhang Fengnan's words. Her mother was indeed looking out for her, so what right did she have to criticize her?

At this moment, I was still worried about the Wang Li situation. I had intended to go find trouble with Wang Li these past two days, but ended up being the one in trouble instead. Li Hong was truly a difficult opponent; he had actually used Su Xueya to threaten me. This made me more vigilant—it seemed I needed to protect Su Xueya more. But since I was only one person, it made me realize how important strength and influence were.

I had wanted to find Zhuge Yue to gather some information about Wang Li, but after thinking about it, I already owed Zhuge Yue so much that I felt too embarrassed to ask for help again.

I found San Mao and discussed it with him. We decided to start with Wang Lin. Since there was currently no news about Wang Li, we could only ask for results from Wang Lin. San Mao and I decided to stake him out at the places Wang Lin usually frequented. Attacking Wang Lin would also cut off some of Li Hong's power—it was killing two birds with one stone.

Because of the various events that had occurred, the trend in school had been leaning toward Li Hong. Everyone felt that Li Hong was sure to win and didn't think much of us.

"Boss, we can't go on like this. A few more people left these past few days. We have less than ten people left now. If this continues, we're finished!" Wang Xiaopang looked at me and San Mao anxiously.

"Damn it, a bunch of disloyal cowards. It's useless for them to stay anyway; who knows when they might stab you in the back!" San Mao cursed in anger.

"But we have too few people now. People in school don't think highly of us. If this goes on, we'll definitely be swallowed up by Li Hong! We have to think of a way!"

"Issue a challenge to Li Hong!" I thought for a moment and finally said.

"Issue a challenge? What do you mean?"

"Issue a challenge to Li Hong to force him to fight us. Since most people are paying attention to this matter, if Li Hong doesn't accept the challenge, we can use that to spread the word and make him lose face, forcing him to fight. If he does accept, then it's simple—we just fight them. Although they have more people, they are mostly unorganized individuals who aren't united. And if a really big fight breaks out, the school won't just sit by and watch. We just need to try our best not to suffer any losses. After all, it's quite easy for the few of us to run away!"

Hearing my words, Wang Xiaopang clapped his hands happily. "Boss, that's brilliant! This is a great idea. I'll go prepare the challenge letter right now!"

"Remember to set some conditions in the challenge letter. I'll tell you the conditions in a moment!"

This challenge letter definitely needed conditions. After all, I wasn't stupid enough to fight them head-on. If Li Hong brought Zhang Longtao's four great warriors and found some thugs from the streets, we would definitely be done for. So, we had to add conditions—only students from the school could participate.

Not long after, Wang Xiaopang told me the challenge had been issued. We would wait at the basketball court behind the school after classes today.

This matter was known to most of the students in the school; not just the boys, but even the girls knew about it.

Chen Ling came over to dissuade me: "Yang Yun, is it true that you're going to face off against Li Hong?"

I nodded. Chen Ling said anxiously, "They have so many people, and there are only a few of you. Isn't this just going to your deaths? What are you thinking? Are you crazy? And such a big fight—if things go wrong, you might get expelled from school!"

"It's fine, Class Monitor. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

"You don't know anything! I won't allow you to go!"

"Class Monitor, don't be like that. I'm the one who issued the challenge. It would be so embarrassing if I didn't show up!"

"No, in any case, you are not allowed to go!"

I simply ignored Chen Ling. I'd just run away when school ended; I wasn't going to listen to her.

However, Chen Ling clearly didn't intend to let me go. Seeing that I didn't speak, she glared at me and said angrily, "Are you even listening to me? I said you are not allowed to go!"

"Look, Class Monitor, you're being too overbearing. You're not anyone to Yang Yun. Zhang Yinuo and Su Xueya haven't even said anything yet, so why are you in such a rush? You say he can't go, so he doesn't go? What is your relationship with him?" Seeing the standoff, San Mao said to Chen Ling with annoyance.

"I, I am Yang Yun's classmate and class monitor, I naturally have the right to manage this!" Chen Ling stammered, suddenly thinking of an excuse, and said angrily.

"The class monitor only manages schoolwork and things during school hours. Can you manage what happens after school? You want to manage Yang Yun so much—do you have feelings for our Fourth Brother?"

"Xu Hongzhi, you're talking nonsense!" Chen Ling was so angry she couldn't speak, her eyes glaring at Xu Hongzhi. If looks could kill, Xu Hongzhi would probably be dead many times over by now.

However, San Mao's thick skin wasn't something that happened in a day. He ignored Chen Ling's gaze and went about his business as if nothing had happened.

Because of San Mao's words, many people were looking at Chen Ling. Out of concern for her reputation and the eyes of others, Chen Ling didn't continue to lecture me.

When school ended, Chen Ling saw that I wanted to leave and followed right beside me. I looked at her speechlessly and said, "Class Monitor, what exactly do you want?"

"In any case, you are not allowed to go!" Chen Ling glared at me.

"Class Monitor, I think you like Fourth Brother and are especially afraid that something will happen to him, right?" San Mao poked his head out from the side and looked at Chen Ling with a mischievous smile.

Chen Ling simply ignored San Mao's words because she realized that this guy had skin as thick as a wall; saying anything was useless, so she just ignored him.

We arrived at the basketball court. Although Chen Ling wanted to stop me, she couldn't change my mind whether she used force or words. After all, San Mao and I had already decided on this.

There were quite a few people at the basketball court, and Li Hong had arrived early. Li Hong brought Wang Lin and the others. I took a rough look and saw at least fifty people, and it couldn't be ruled out that the onlookers from outside the school were also Li Hong's people. It looked like Li Hong was well-prepared. ===== CHAPTER 67 =====